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E. W. SHOESMITH.

MACHINE POE WINDING FENCE WIRE.

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MACHINE FOR. WINDING FENCE-WIRE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 324:,887, dated August 25, 1885.

7 Application filed May 29, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD W. SHOE- SMITH, a resident of Lena, in the county of Stephenson and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence- Building Machines; and I do here by declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in machines for taking up or paying out wire in building or taking down wire fencing. It is fully explained in the following specification, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a machine embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a plan of same; Fig. 3, a side eh-vation of the hinged box, in which is journaled oneend of the spool shaft of the machine; Fig. 4, a front elevation of the adjustable wire-guide, which is fastened to the front cross-bar of the bed of the machine; Fig. 5, a side elevation of one ofthe pawls of the pawl-and ratchet mechanism which actuates the spool-shaft.

O U 0 the cross-bars, ofa preferably rectangal 11' cart-bed, the side bars being terminated at the end opposite the crossbar-0 in suitable handles, (J U, and a floor or bottom, D, being fastened to the cross-bars O O to form a box for tools, staples, and other articles used in fence construction. Near the front end of the bed suitable dependent brackets L l/ are bolted to the lower faces of the side bars, A A, respectively, and in these brackets is journaled an axle, M, on which are mounted two wheels, B, of any desired size and construction. cart and serve as a means of moving it from place to place, and the rear of the cart is sup- E ported by two suitably-braced legs, E, fast cued to the side bars and the crossbar O.

()n the side bar A is bolted a bearing, f, which supports three pinions, ll HH, the pinions H H being loosely mounted on gudgeons formed on the bearing, and the pinion H being rigidly mounted on a shaft, H,

yond the inner face thereof. (See Fig. 2.)

The wheels B support the front of the in the inner end of the short shaft H is a square socket, N, (indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2,) and in this socket rests the end of a square spool-shaft, N, the opposite end of the rPOOl-Sllflft being turned up and journaled in a box, la 1, on the side bar A. The box 70 Z consists of a stationary lower half, k, and a swinging upper half, I, the two parts being connected at one end by a pivot,j, and at the other end by a bolt and a wing-nut, i. The nut i may be readily detached from its bolt, and the box may then be opened and the shaft N removed from the machine.

()n the spool-shaft, near its square end, is rigidly fastened a dog, m, having suitable spurs for entering the end of an ordinary barbed-wire spool, and a similar dog, m, is mounted liosely on the opposite end of said shaft, and provided with a set-screw, i,f0r setting it in any desired position. By means of .the dogs at m a spool of barbed wire may be a in Fig. 1, the spool F and the shaft N will in these views, A A are the side bars, and

be rotated and the wire unwound from the spool. v

In unwinding the wire, to insure an even delivery,a tension is put on the shaft Nby means of a spring tension-lever 0, pivoted at 0, and having a curved end, 0, which conforms tothe circle of the pinion U. A pin, g, is set in theside ofthe side bar, A, in such a. position 8 that when the end 0 of the tensionlevcr is above it the curved end 0 puts no pressure on the pinion H, but it the end 0 be sprung downward and placed under the pin 9 the end c is pressed strongly against the pinion, and 0 acts as a brake or tension on the rotation of the spool.

journaled in the bearing and projecting bci opposite sides.

The pinion H,already mentioned, engagrs with the pinion H, and the pinion Hcngages with the pinion H, the pinions H II being of 5 the same diameter and the pinion H being preferably of less diameter, in order to give it increased speed. Two levers, I I, are pivoted at the centers of the p'inionsHH,respectively, and pawls J J are pivoted to the leversI I, respectively, and engage the pinions H H on The free ends of the, levers ll I are so connected as to move up or down together, the one sliding on the otherto compensatefor the distance between their centers of oscillation. It is evident that as the free ends of the levers I I are raised the pawl J rotates the pinion H, 'whose motion is transmitted through the pinion H to the pinion H, and that as the free ends of the levers are pressed downward the pawl J rotates the pinion H and through it the pinion I-l. Thus, whether the levers be IillSCll'Ol depressed, the pinion II is turned in the direction indicated by the arrow a,-I ig. l, and the wire is thus reeled upon the spool. Y J

During the operation of reeling, each of the pawls J J is held in engagement by a spring, p,1 ig. 5, one end of which is fastened to the pawl, while the other end presses against a pin, 8, on the bar or lever 'to whichthe pawl is pivoted. 1n unrreling, however, the springs p are released from the pins 8, their free ends taking the position 19, Fig. 5, and the pawls are disengaged from the pinions H H, thus allowing all the pinions to turn freely without moving the levers I I.

The wire, both in reeling and unreeling, is carried through an adjustable guide fastened to the front cross-bar, U, of, the cart, and consisting of two vertical bats, q q, and two horizontal rods, 7 r, crossing the bars. The bar (1 is fastened to the cross-bar O by aboltm, an d the bar q is fastened by a bolt, n, which may be passed through any one of a series of holes in the cross-bar. Each of the rodsrr is fastened rigidly to the bar q and passes through a hole in the bar q, sothat the bar q maybe adjusted without moving or adjusting the rods.

it is evident thatnearly all the features of this machine may be used whether the spoolshaft be rotated by a reciprocating lever and pawl-aml-ratchet mechanism or by some other means; and I desire, therefore, not to limit my invention to the combination of other novel features with the mechanism shown for turning the spool. It is also plain that a single reciprocating lever, provided with two pawls, which engage either the pinion Hor thepinion H, may be substituted for the lovers I I, the pawls J J, and the arrangement of pinions show 11.

I consider the mechanism shown in the drawings the most satisfactory pawl andratchet device which can be applied to this machine for converting the movement of a reciprocatin g lever into the rotation of the spoolshatt, but there are evidently other forms which can be substituted for it.

Having now described and explained my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a machine of the class described,the combination, with a cart-body, of asuitablymounted spool-shaft, a reciprocating lever pivoted to the cart-body, and pawl-and-ratchet mechanism connecting thelever and the spoolshaft, whereby the reciprocal motion of the lever rotates the spool-shaft.

2. The combination of the cart-body A A, the pinion H, and its socketed shaft 11, the spool-shaft N, having one of its ends cylindrical and the other non-cylindrical, and the separable box I, the cylindrical end of the shaft beingjournaled in said box and the noncylindrical end stepped in the socket of the shaft 11, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

' 3. The combination of the shaft N and the dogs m m, mounted on said shaft, one of said dogs being removable at will and both of said dogs being adapted to engage a wire spool and hold the same in position on the shaft N, the separable box k l, in which one end of said shaft N is journaled, and the socketed shaft H, in which theother end of said shaft N is stepped, and means, substantially as shown and described, for rotating said socketed shaft H, substantially as and for the purpose set'forth.

4. The combination, with the cart-frame A A, of the pinion H, audits shaft H, the

spool-shaft N, having one of its ends stepped in the shaft H and the other journaled in a box on the frame, the pinions H H, levers I I, and pawls J J, substantially as shown and described, and for the. purpose set forth.

5. The combination, with the cart-frame A A O and a spool-shaft mounted and rotating thereon, of the wire-guide attached to the front of the machine and consisting of the vertical bars q q and the horizontal rods 1" 1", substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

6. The combination of the pinion I1 and its short shaft H', the cart-frame on which they are mounted, the shaft N, rotating with the shaft 11', and the brake c and stop g, adapted to retard the rotation of the pinion H, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

7. The combination, with the pinions 11 H" H, levers I I, and pawls J J, of the springs 19 and pins 8, constructed and combined sub stantially as shown and described, wherebythe pawls may be held in or out of engagement, as desired, and the reverse rotation of the pinions be permitted or prevented at will.

8. The combination of the cross-bar O, the bars q q, one of whichv is stationary and the other laterally adjustable, and the horizontal rods 1* 1", each attached securely at one end to one of the bars q q and passing through the other of said bars, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD W. SHOESMITH.

Witnesses MICHAEL Srosnorn, DANIEL C. STOVER. 

